pawnshop
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Jack Ma forgot that, briefly, in October 2020, when at a financial regulators’ summit he said the Chinese banking system operated like a pawnshop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Without having a rigorous, effective enforcement, nothing’s going to happen,” said Tony DeMarco, a pawnshop owner and president of the Whittier Boulevard Merchants Assn., which opposed the ordinance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
In Stuttgart, Malena Alderete, a provenance researcher at the Württemberg State Museum, said pawnshop files for Stuttgart show which person had to hand over what kind of objects.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
In 1998, he decided to try DJing professionally and went to the pawnshop to buy better equipment.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
A beat-up-looking electric guitar in the window of the pawnshop next door caught my eye.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
In Nevada, pawnshops can charge monthly interest of up to 13%, plus a $5 initial fee and storage costs for certain items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“I can’t believe someone would take it and I hope local pawnshops don’t buy them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
He sold them to booksellers, pawnshops and collectors.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
Area pawnshops and scrap metal dealers were warned to be on the alert for the missing device, should it end up at one of their sites.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
Half the stores on the wide street seemed to be pawnshops and check-cashing agencies, and the other half were shuttered.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
